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A -- STRICOM BROAD AGENCY AMMOUNCEMENT POC Vallerie Redd, Contract Specialist (407)380-4625, FAX: (407)380-4164 or (407)381-8992 An updated Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) describing experimental, developmental and applied research work opportunities for the U. S. Army Simulation, Training and Instrumentation Command (STRICOM) and the Army Research Institute (ARI) will be issued to to interested parties on or about 1 October 1996. BAA 95-02 issued 1 August 1995 is still in effect. Once BAA 96-02 is issued, it will supersede BAA 95-02 and will remain in effect for five years or until superseded. The BAA is general in nature and identifies current and development areas of research of particular interest to STRICOM and ARI to include: 1. BATTLEFIELD SIMULATION RESEARCH (i.e. Engagement Simulation and Instrumentation Technology, Distributed Simulator Networks, High Level Architecture (HLA) Runtime Infrastructure (RTI), Wargame Simulation, and the Synthetic Environment Data Modeling, Interchange Access, and Reuse Development (SEDRIS)); 2. TRAINING DEVICE AND SIMULATOR RESEARCH (i.e. Simulator Design Methodologies, Visual Simulation, Virtual Reality, Software Technology, Telephone Base Technology Research, and Embedded Training); 3. INSTRUMENTATION, TARGETS AND THREAT SIMULATORS RESEARCH (i.e. Instructional, Targets, and Threat Simulators); 4. TEST AND EVALUATION RESEARCH; 5. TRAINING SYSTEMS RESEARCH; and 6. TRAINING SYSTEMS EVALUATION RESEARCH. This BAA also covers the announcement for Cooperative Agreements which can be found in Part IV of the BAA. Awards resulting out of this announcement may take the form of a contract or a cooperative agreement. Potential sources are encouraged to request a hard copy of the BAA from Vallerie Redd, Code 2733.4, at the address above. A copy can also be obtained by downloading the STRICOM's World Wide Web (www) Home Page accessed at www.stricom.army.mil. After review of the BAA potential sources are encouraged to contact the appropriate STRICOM or ARI office to determine if a response to the BAA is warranted. Points of contact will be identified in the BAA. If a potential source has a novel research approach, a white paper should be prepared. The white paper should address the major research thrust, the technical approach, the research goals and military relevancy. Notice of Simulation Acquisition Bulletin Board (SA-BB): STRICOM has established an electronic bulletin board system that is accessible to Government agencies, industry and academic institutions. The SA-BB, previously the STRICOM/Industry/Academia Bulletin Board (SIA-BB), is designed to share information between STRICOM Industry and Academia concerning potential and actual acquisition programs during all phases of the acquisition process. The system operaters at up to 9600 baud. Modem settings are: 8 bits, 1 stop bit, and no parity. Data regarding future and in progress projects/acquisition are available as both text files and self extracting compressed files. It is a secured system requiring accounts and passwords. New account users are required to complete the application that is posted on the system and access is automatically approved. The phone number for access and or establishing accounts is commercial (407)381-8666 or Defense Switching Network (DSN) 960-8666. The STRICOM point of contact for the SA-BB is Mr. Mark Lambert (407)380-5431. (0221)

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